In what way does difference over political motivations a century ago 'damn the dead'? One can respect their memory without having to agree with all those who denounce the very fact of the war's having occurred. NB that this is not a statement of justification for the war itself, merely for the right to discuss the limited aspects of the topic which this thread addresses.

In which connection, I have no idea of what Troubadour's question to me a few posts above implies? I put a non-rhetorical question, and did not suggest any answer. How does my doing my so suggest that I think that moral principles should be shelved while its implications are considered?

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